Appointment:

Email: dokabernadett.pszichologus@gmail.com
Phone: +36 70 198 5669

Location: Budapest, online

Consultation appointments:
in person: Tuesday: 8:00–14:00
online: by arrangement

“When we open our hearts to pain, we open our hearts to joy.”
Dr. Steven Hayes

We are often taught that pain should be hidden and put behind us as quickly as possible. But whatever we lock away inside also locks us away from joy, closeness and the aliveness of life. So in our work together the goal is not to make the pain disappear, but to create a place with enough basic safety that we are able to look at it – because what can be put into words no longer quietly runs our lives.

My work is grounded in a systemic approach. I believe the roots of our difficulties often become visible in the mirror of our relationships. The point is not to “fix” the person, but to look together at the relational and family patterns they live in, the defences they use to cope, and how these shape the present.

My main focus is grief and loss. It is not only the death of a loved one that hurts, but every loss the world around us often fails to notice: a failed IVF cycle, a miscarriage, a divorce, a lost job, or a dream that can no longer come true.

As a dual citizen, I am close to the questions of moving abroad, rootlessness and returning home. I also welcome people wrestling with faith, doubt or a spiritual search – whichever direction they are heading, I do not steer them either way.

What matters most to me is that you can voice your questions, doubts and fears in an accepting, non-judgemental space, where you do not have to justify anything – neither what happened to you, nor the way you experience it.

I work in both Hungarian and English.

I offer my help in the following topics:

• Work stress, burnout, career and life-path dilemmas
• Difficulty making decisions, emotional ups and downs
• Self-knowledge and self-realisation
• Couple and family difficulties
• Moving abroad, adjusting, returning home
• Faith, spirituality, searching for one’s path
• Grief and loss (Grief Recovery Method®), including:

◦        Perinatal loss: miscarriage, stillbirth, failed embryo transfer

◦        Infertility and psychological support through assisted reproduction

◦        Preparing for adoption, the adoptive parent role

For my work, I rely on the knowledge acquired in the following trainings:

Psychology degree:

• Psychologist, MA in Psychology – Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, 2024–2026 (with distinction)
• Behaviour analyst, BA in Psychology – Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, 2021–2024

Other professional and method-specific trainings:

• 120-hour family therapy supervision – Hungarian Family Therapy Association, 2026–2027 (supervisor: Zoltán Iring)
• Invisible grief: pre- and perinatal losses and how to accompany them – Napfogyatkozás Association, 2026
• Addictions, losses and grief: systemic approaches in helping work – Napfogyatkozás Association, 2026
• 150-hour self-experience group – Hungarian Family Therapy Association, 2025–2026
• Family therapy theory and methodology foundation course – Hungarian Family Therapy Association, 2024–2025
• 150-hour self-experience group – Dynamic Brief Therapy Association and Creative Workshop (DREAM), 2024–2025
• Grief Recovery Method® Specialist – Grief Recovery Method® Hungary, 2024
• Therapeutic parent, volunteer adoption mentor – Ágacska Foundation, 2022–2023